Key: C major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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cause the governor said
Verse 2
horses and gold
Killed a sheriff in Mariposa
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or so I'm told
He's the Devil's bloody bastard,
wicked and no good
But all the Mexican's swear
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that's he's Robin Hood
Well, with my wife and my sons
I work as hard as I can
On thirteen acres of Cali
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fornia land
But the rains never came and I
got debts I can't pay
Now the banks gonna steal
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my farm away
Verse 3
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cause the governor said
dollars for Murrietta's Head
He don't want him alive,
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he wants him dead
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He'll pay three thousand dollars for Murrietta's
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Head
Interlude 2
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Verse 4
to avenge
The murder of his wife by
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a mob of drunk men
Well, I don't give a damn if
it's a lie of if it's true
Cause for his family ain't
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much a man won't do
You see the fever came around and
my youngest boy took ill
And I didn't have money to pay
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no doctor's bills
So I buried his body beneath
that oak on the hill
But if I had some money
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I swear he'd be alive still
Verse 5
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cause the governor said
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for Murrietta's Head
He don't want him alive,
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he wants him dead
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He'll pay three thousand dollars for Murrietta's Head
Interlude 3
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Verse 6
you reap what you sow
That may be right but I really don't know
Well, if it is Murrietta will
be damned to Hell
And when I kill him, I'll be damned as well
Verse 7
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cause the governor said
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for Murrietta's Head
He don't want him alive,
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he wants him dead
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He'll pay three thousand dollars for
Outro 1
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsDm F Gsus4 C
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